A recent paper in Nature details what scientists found at the Huayuan biota: Here we report the Huayuan biota — a lower Cambrian (Stage 4, approximately 512 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fossil of the Cambrian Period marine arthropod Fuxianhuiid, with gut preserved, discovered in Hunan province in southern China ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after Earth’s first mass extinction event ...

Learn how a second pair of eyes helped this 518-million-year-old fish evade predators.

Extremely detailed Cambrian fossils show that enigmatic skeleton tubes belonged to ancient ancestors of modern jellyfish. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The earliest recorded vertebrates had four eyes to escape predators in the ancient Cambrian ocean, according to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A rare, half-billion-year-old fossil gives us a clue to how a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Fossils can help us peer deep into the planet’s past. But that ...

The Canadian Rocky Mountains offer more than scenic views: The mountains have been hiding fossils of an ancient jellyfish species. Researchers analyzed 182 fossils that were found in the middle ...

Scientists discovered the Huayuan Biota fossils in Hunan Province, China, dating 512 million years. The fossils include 153 species from 16 groups, with 90 species new to science. They date just after ...

Palaeontologists are helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period. Fossils reveal Odaraia had mandibles. Palaeontologists are ...

When a group of paleontologists dusted off a group of fossils that had been sitting on the shelf at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada since the 1980s, they uncovered a spooky organism with a ...